Rafeeu Surname
Approximately 530 people bear this surname
Rafeeu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maldives | 521 | 1:776 | 91 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
Rafeeu (41) may also be a first name.
Rafeeu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rafeeu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rafeeu is found most frequently in The Maldives. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Rafeeu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 589,215th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 13,750,087 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Rafeeu live; 99 percent live in South Asia and 98 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Rafeeu is also the 1,590,275th most commonly held first name at a global level It is held by 41 people.
This last name is most common in The Maldives, where it is carried by 521 people, or 1 in 776. In The Maldives it is mostly found in: Malé, where 43 percent live, Kaafu Atoll, where 9 percent live and Seenu Atoll, where 6 percent live. Other than The Maldives Rafeeu occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 1 percent live and Malaysia, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rafeoe | 83 | 669 | / |
| Rafeiu | 83 | 4 | / |
| Rofeeu | 83 | 3 | / |
| Rafieu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Raifieu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Rafiu | 73 | 45,707 | / |
| Rafyu | 73 | 3 | / |
| Rafiou | 67 | 2,865 | / |
| Raufiu | 67 | 38 | / |
| Rafiue | 67 | 33 | / |
| Raafiu | 67 | 23 | / |
| Raifiu | 67 | 21 | / |
| Raffiu | 67 | 7 | / |
| Rafihu | 67 | 7 | / |
| Rhafiu | 67 | 5 | / |
| Rafiua | 67 | 5 | / |
| Rrafiu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Rafiju | 67 | 3 | / |
| Rafius | 67 | 2 | / |
| Rafoiu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Rahfiu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Rafuyu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rafiut | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rafaau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rafiuh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rafiud | 67 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Rafeeu
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